Douglas Dubler

Douglas Dublerʼs professional photographic career began in the late ʻ60ʼs in California and the Virgin Islands where he photographed underwater life. Seeking dry land, he made the transition to studio photography in the early ʻ70ʼs. In 1976 his desire for commercial success drew him to Los Angeles where he began to specialize in fashion and beauty photography.

Access to European editorial markets and major cosmetic accounts lured Douglas to New York in 1982. His editorial assignments brought him primarily to Italy where he spent extensive amounts of time working for Amica, Lei, and Italian Vogue. His celebrity editorial clients include Jacqueline Bisset, Jane Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Brooke Shields, Andie MacDowell and Sharon Stone.

Dublerʼs innovative techniques and his consistent ability to reproduce accurate, pleasing skin tones with minimal retouching have produced a client list of major cosmetic companies including Max Factor, Revlon, Clairol, Coty, Redken, Avon, Charles of the Ritz, Sally Hansen, and Alexandra de Markoff. His commercial successes have been recognized by the industry with awards from the Starch Report, Communication Arts, Art Directors Club and Clio.

For the past two decades, Douglas has been working as a creative director/ photographer for the majority of his clients. Prompted by his desire to be involved in the conceptual phase of a project, he finds the challenge more fulfilling and is a vocal advocate of this holistic approach to the type of images he creates. Recent clients in this phase of his career are LVMH, Paspalley Pearls, CNN, Epson, Broncolor, Nikon and Nik Software.

His personal work, unlike his commercial work, is eclectic and runs the gamut from surreal abstract to still life to architectural. His digital fine art prints are represented by Mertens Fine Art in Montecito, California and Throckmorton Fine Art in New York City.

Teaching venues include The School of Visual Arts where he is a graduate instructor, Brooks Institute, International Center of Photography, Hallmark Institute of Photography, the University of Miami and Palm Beach Photographic Center.

His in-depth understanding of light, exposure and color has provided him with the tools to develop an ultra-high quality approach to digital photography that is an extension of the fastidious workflow he developed for his mastery of analogue film. He is acknowledged as one of the industry’s leading color management experts and specializes in fine art digital printmaking.

Current 2022 projects include teaching photography at the New York Botanical Garden and the publication of a fine art book of photographs of Irises in collaboration with Presby Memorial Iris Garden. In 2023, Douglas will be one of a select group of photographers invited to participate in Xposure 2023 held in Sharjah U.A.E. He will continue to conduct lectures and workshops on floral photography and is on the Garden Clubs of America national speakers list.

Recent photo awards: Gold (first place) Editorial Fashion 2022 Moscow International Foto Awards. Three honorable mentions in Black and White Spider Awards, 14th,15th and 16th Annual awards.

The ability to meld technology with creative imagery has firmly established Douglas Dubler as an innovator and artist and will continue to create a constant demand for his iconographic beauty and fine art images.